Alpha-Cure Limited
Registered name: ALPHA-CURE LIMITED
Part of Alpha-Cure Group Limited groupAlpha-Cure Limited made £11.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alpha-Cure Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment” and is based in Daventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Daventry, East Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.9m | £9.1m | £9.8m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.6m | £4.2m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.6m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 54 | 38 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.9% | 15.2% | 21.7% | 22% |
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 39.4% | 43.1% | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £168k | £257k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | £36.8k | £25.5k | £55.8k | £58.9k |
| Cash conversion | −98.4% | −141.2% | −96.6% | −73.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲7.6% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.5% | ▲53.9% | ▲19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼29.6% | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £388k | £726k | £733k | £1m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.5m | £6.3m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.5m | £5.9m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£2m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −73.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 54.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲28%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alpha-Cure Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alpha-Cure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alpha-Cure Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £30.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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